Central Europe
Slovenia
Municipality of Šoštanj

Šoštanj

Šoštanj is a town in northern . It is the seat of the . The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the .
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  • Type: Town with 2,900 residents
  • Description: city in Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Sostanj” and “Sostanj Mesto”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Šoštanj Castle and Šoštanj.

Castle
Photo: Role96, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Power station
Photo: PetarM, CC BY 4.0.
The Šoštanj Thermal Power Plant is a big lignite, heating oil and natural gas fueled power station in Šoštanj, with plate capacity of 1,029 MWe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lokovica and Ravne.

Village
is a settlement in the in northern . It lies in the hills south of the town of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the .

Village
is a settlement in the in northern . It lies in the Mozirje Hills north of the town of Šoštanj. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. is situated 2½ km northeast of Šoštanj.

Village
is a settlement in the Municipality of Šmartno ob Paki in northern . It lies in the hills above the right bank of the northwest of Šmartno. is situated 3 km southwest of Šoštanj.

Šoštanj

Latitude
46.37739° or 46° 22′ 39″ north
Longitude
15.04595° or 15° 2′ 45″ east
Population
2,900
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SI STJ
Open location code
8FRQ92GW+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 96959453
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3190311
Wiki­data ID
Q2766344
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Satellite Map

Discover Šoštanj from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Šoštanj” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Šoštanj”
  • Albanian: “Šoštanj”
  • Arabic: “شوشتانج”
  • Aragonese: “Šoštanj”
  • Asturian: “Šoštanj”
  • Basque: “Šoštanj”
  • Bavarian: “Šoštanj”
  • Belarusian: “Шоштань”
  • Bosnian: “Šoštanj”
  • Breton: “Šoštanj”
  • Catalan: “Šoštanj”
  • Cebuano: “Šoštanj”
  • Chechen: “Шоштань”
  • Chinese: “紹什塔尼”
  • Corsican: “Šoštanj”
  • Croatian: “Šoštanj”
  • Czech: “Šoštanj”
  • Danish: “Šoštanj”
  • Dutch: “Šoštanj”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شوشتانج”
  • Esperanto: “Šoštanj”
  • Estonian: “Šoštanj”
  • Finnish: “Šoštanj”
  • French: “Šoštanj”
  • Friulian: “Šoštanj”
  • Galician: “Šoštanj”
  • German: “Schönstein”
  • German: “Šoštanj”
  • Greek: “Σόσταν”
  • Hungarian: “Šoštanj”
  • Icelandic: “Šoštanj”
  • Irish: “Šoštanj”
  • Italian: “Šoštanj”
  • Ligurian: “Šoštanj”
  • Limburgan: “Šoštanj”
  • Lithuanian: “Šoštanj”
  • Lombard: “Šoštanj”
  • Low German: “Šoštanj”
  • Luxembourgish: “Šoštanj”
  • Neapolitan: “Šoštanj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Šoštanj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Šoštanj”
  • Persian: “ششتانی”
  • Picard: “Šoštanj”
  • Piemontese: “Šoštanj”
  • Polish: “Šoštanj”
  • Portuguese: “Šoštanj”
  • Romanian: “Šoštanj”
  • Romansh: “Šoštanj”
  • Russian: “Шоштань”
  • Sardinian: “Šoštanj”
  • Scots: “Šoštanj”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Šoštanj”
  • Serbian: “Шоштањ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šoštanj”
  • Sicilian: “Šoštanj”
  • Slovak: “Šoštanj”
  • Slovenian: “Šoštanj”
  • Spanish: “Šoštanj”
  • Swedish: “Šoštanj”
  • Swiss German: “Šoštanj”
  • Tatar: “Шоштань”
  • Thai: “โชชตัน”
  • Turkish: “Šoštanj”
  • Ukrainian: “Шоштань”
  • Venetian: “Šoštanj”
  • Vlaams: “Šoštanj”
  • Walloon: “Šoštanj”
  • Welsh: “Šoštanj”

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